Standing, L-R:
Odis M.    Wasson        - Gunner        ASN 38566594 *
Harry J.   Tashjian      - Bombardier    ASN 0780137
Vincent R. Slaughter     - Navigator     ASN 02073243
James F.   Palmer        - Copilot       ASN 0833801
Bruce M.   Halverson     - Pilot         ASN 02058929

Front, L-R:
Charles L. Spirk,Jr.     - Gunner        ASN 33685906
Stephen J. Berardie      - R.O.          ASN 36594792
David A.   Miller        - Gunner        ASN 13041699
Charles A. Robertson     - Gunner        ASN 42068222
Hubert G.  Thompson      - Engineer      ASN 38434763

Not in this Picture:
Frank A.   Hotko         - Engineer      ASN 13025775

* Wasson's Enlistment record incorrectly spells the surname as "Tasson".

ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.

Additional Data Sources:
Halverson Crew Personnel Files

Group-Related Downloads:
406th NLS Air Crew Card Index
406th NLS Squadron RZI Card File
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
Air Power History Article
Allied Leaflets Index
Aerospace Historian Article
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
Cheddington(Station 113)
Night Leaflet Squadrons Operations reports (Jun44-Jul45)
"They Flew by Night" editor Robert Fish
Serial Number Index of B24s
Station 179 Operations Log (handwritten Apr44-Jul45)
Station 179 Operations Log (transcribed Sep44-Jul45)

Available on Request:
"Secret Squadrons of the 8th" by Carty (leaflet squadron portion only)
"Leaflet Operations during the 2nd WW" by James M. Erdmann

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